Brian Young

Who is Brian Young?

Brian Alexander Young is a former politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1981 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of James R. Young and Nancy Ann Wilkie, and educated at Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University. Young is president of Young's Topex Limited, which produces speciality steel products. He served on the town council for North Sydney from 1980 to 1981. Young was a member of the province's Executive Council, serving as Minister of Labour from 1985 to 1987, Minister of Tourism and Culture from 1987 to 1988 and Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1988 to 1993. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1993.

Young established a foundation to promote organ donation which is named after his daughter Carmen, who died in 1992 after undergoing a double lung transplant.